University glass ceiling: Māori and Pacific promotions and pay

New research shows not only are MÄori and Pasifika under-represented in the New Zealand university workforce - they're also likely to be paid less and less likely to be promoted. Using New Zealand's Performance-Based Research Fund data, MÄori and Pacific men and women had 64 per cent lower odds of being in the professoriate and 36 per cent lower odds of being a full professor over time. The figures were even more dire for women - with MÄori and Pacific women academics earning $7,713 less on average than non-MÄori and non-Pacific men in academia. Two of the five authors of the report join Kathryn: Dr Sereana Naepi is a Pasifika academic teaching sociology at the University of Auckland and Dr Tara McAllister is a research fellow at Te PÅ«naha Matatini, University of Auckland.